Afghan army suffers heavy combat losses: US

Afghan security forces are suffering heavy casualties on the battlefield and large numbers of troops are resigning or deserting their units, a new report said Tuesday. The US military also has overestimated the size of the Afghan police and army by a significant margin, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, John Sopko, said in a report to Congress. The Afghan army "continues to suffer serious combat losses," SIGAR wrote.
Between October 2013 and September 2014, more than 1,300 Afghan army troops were killed in action and 6,200 were wounded. The Pentagon insists the Afghan forces are holding their own against Taliban insurgents after the bulk of Nato combat forces withdrew last year. But senior US officers have voiced concern over the "unsustainable" casualty rate.